Legion remembers recently deceased veterans
Members of the Brainerd American Legion and Auxiliary who died within the past year were honored during a ceremony May 17.
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This Was Brainerd - Jan. 3 | Brainerd Dispatch
A look through the Brainerd Dispatch archives with Terry McCollough combing the microfilm for tidbits of history through the decades going back to 1922.
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Minnesota's last Bataan Death March survivor reflects on 100th birthday
Now a century old, the veteran said he's had a life that would fill hundreds of pages and grip the reader so strongly they couldn't put it down.
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Walt Straka, Minnesota's last surviving Bataan Death March survivor, dies
Walt Straka, Minnesota’s last surviving Bataan Death March survivor, dies Of the 64 men from the tank company that left Brainerd who went with the 194th to the Philippines, three were killed in action and 29 died as POWs. Thirty-two survived captivity. Written By: Forum News Service | 3:22 pm, Jul. 5, 2021 × Walt Straka smiles at his home in 2019 while celebrating his 100th birthday in Brainerd. The Bataan Death March survivor died Sunday, July 4, 2021, in Brainerd. Steve Kohls / Brainerd Dispatch Walt Straka, lifelong Brainerd resident and Minnesota’s the last sur...
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